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Old-guard can't handle 'strip-tease feminism'

By Allison Purmort | November 1

Guest columnist Allison Purmort discusses the modern progress and character of feminism.

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Sports

Basketball 'teams' wait in sad state

By Phil Turner | November 1

Sports columnist Phil Turner discusses the decline of the NBA and basketball in the United States.

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News

Forget Zogby, predict the presidency with gas and masks

By Patrick Besha | November 1

Who needs polls when you have infallible election predictors? As the election nears, The Eagle takes a look at some of the best: The Pigskin Forecast, the Height Index, the Iowa Elections Market, the Gas-o-Meter, the Mask Gauge, and Lichtman's 13 Keys.

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Sports

AU on brink of PL title

By Ian Quillen | November 1

The AU Men's Soccer team boosted its Patriot League regular-season title hopes Saturday, dismissing Army, 2-0, in an afternoon affair at West Point, N.Y. Senior midfielder Shawn Kuykendall and senior forward David Marut each scored second-half goals for the Eagles.

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News

Ministry rocks behind enemy lines

By Jason Geisinger | November 1

Industrial-metal pioneers Ministry returned to D.C. on Monday on their "Evil Doer" tour to support their latest album, "House of the Mole." Along with them at the 9:30 club were sleazy electro-rockers My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult and the pseudo-German industrial group Hanzel Und Greytl.

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News

Not Quite Wrong

By Ross Nover | November 1

Ross Nover's twice-weekly comic Not Quite Wrong for today, November 1, 2004.

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News

Police Blotter

By Theodora Blanchfield | November 1

Safety and security events around campus the week prior to November 1, 2004.

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News

Foreign students voice their election choice

By Lauren Gardner | November 1

Although they are unable to vote in the presidential elections, international students have strong opinions about whether George W. Bush or John F. Kerry should win. "I think international students feel this is a chance for the American people to make a decision about what has happened in the last four years and show the world how they feel," said Daphne Leger, a freshman in the School of International Service who is originally from France.

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News

Top 10 Write-In Candidates

November 1

The Scene lists all the best presidents who aren't listen on the Florida ballot (or any other, that is).

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News

Hot spots to watch states swing

By Blair Payne | November 1

While most people will be sitting at home glued to their television sets on the night of the election, a few places in the District are hosting special events. From a live audio-visual remix of election coverage at the Black Cat to drink specials at the Front Page, there are plenty of pow-wows to appeal to anyone interested in venturing away from the TV.

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News

Nerdspeak: October 28, 2004

By Carrie Moskal | October 28

Carrie Moskal's comic Not Quite Wrong for October 28, 2004.

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News

Undertow: A

By Dan Zak | October 28

Has an American film renaissance started with David Gordon Green? Sure, there have been high-profile road signs in that direction over the past 10 years - Tarantino, Charlie Kaufman - but who but Green has shown such invention and versatility at such a young age? His "George Washington" and "All the Real Girls" were bellwethers. Now the 30-year-old has made "Undertow," a gothic Southern drama that shakes off the dead skin of current cinema.

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News

Diary of an Intern: Ashlee, don't blame the band

By Michael Vallebuona | October 28

Could you imagine if Ashlee Simpson was an intern in your office? I envision her at a neighboring cubicle, her rat's nest of a hairdo pooling on the floor beside her dirty Chuck Taylors. The phone would ring, and raising the handset to her bejeweled ear, she'd croak: "Hi, this is, like, Ashlee speaking!" I'd glare at her in hatred, only to be lost in the beak-like nose and butt-like chin that dominate her pinched, mannish face.

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News

Metro Brief: D.C. to hit the Target for retail shopping

By Emily Carone | October 28

Target will open its first store in D.C., Mayor Anthony A. Williams announced Wednesday. Target plans to break ground on the store in Columbia Heights this spring and open it in 2007, USA Today reported. The store will be publicly and privately financed.

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News

Interview: Jamie Foxx's big break

By Costa Caloudas | October 28

"Anybody got any shades?" asks Jamie Foxx. He borrows a pair, and suddenly the built 36-year-old is transformed into a scrawny 70-year-old Ray Charles, complete with a trembling, stammering voice and feeble body language. "The voice ... it's in the shades," Foxx said. These shades transform Foxx into Ray Charles -- the same way a cape transforms Clark Kent into the Man of Steel.

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News

Musicians jazzify 'Creature from the Black Lagoon' at GW

By Neal Fersko | October 28

The patrons of the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium watched as the "Creature from the Black Lagoon" emerged from the safety of the movie screen to stalk the theater in mind-blowing 3-D. Adding to the thrills of the night were the Jazz Passengers, who provided a lively new, in-house score to the 50-year-old creature feature.

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Opinion

Israel's Sharon alienates allies with Gaza plan

By David Manchester | October 28

Guest columnist David Manchester gives the Eagle's readers his take on Israel and the emerging policies of Prime Minister Sharon.

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